Ex Parte Maresca et al - Page 4



                Appeal 2007-0223                                                                                  
                Application 09/752,090                                                                            
                Group 1 - claims 44, 48, 49, 55, 59, 60, 66, 70, and 71                                           
                       The Examiner reads the limitations of claim 44 onto Aycock and finds                       
                that Aycock teaches the claimed invention except for a "web-based user                            
                interface" and a "shared data repository" (Final Rejection 2).  The Examiner                      
                finds that Gervais disclosed a Web-based user interface and a shared data                         
                repository for manufacturers and suppliers in a collaborative environment                         
                and concludes that it would have been obvious to incorporate the Web-based                        
                user interface and shared data repository teachings of Gervais into Aycock                        
                because one would want to enhance the ability of a business enterprise to                         
                organize access and sharing of information (Final Rejection 2-3).                                 

                                                       (1)                                                        
                       The Examiner finds that Aycock discloses the claim limitation of                           
                "qualifying suppliers, parts, and technologies in a collaborative network                         
                environment" at column 3, lines 45-52, and column 7, lines 1-16 (Final                            
                Rejection 2).                                                                                     
                       Appellants quotes column 3, lines 45-52, and argues (Br. 11): "While                       
                Aycock may teach some aspect of supplier qualification, it is devoid of                           
                teaching or suggesting qualifying suppliers, parts and technologies.  The                         
                general reference made in Aycock to a database that stores past and present                       
                audit and performance data does not necessarily result in a capability to                         
                perform qualification of supplier parts and technologies."  (We assume                            
                "supplier parts and technologies" in the second sentence was meant to be                          
                "suppliers, parts, and technologies.")                                                            
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